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J. GANNON.

PORTABLE CRIB.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I4. i916.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

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I. GANNON.

- PORTABLE CRIB.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I4, 1916.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

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JOSEPH GANNON, OF WALTON, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 STEINFELD BROS., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A FIRM COMPOSED 0F SAMUEL STEINFELD AND LEO STEINFELD.

PORTABLE CRIB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

Application led December 14, 1916. Serial No. 136,843.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH GANNoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Walton, in the county of Delaware and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Cribs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to sleeping cribs for children and some of the objects of the invention are to provide a light, sanitary form of crib which can readily be transported from place to place and which when not in use can be quickly folded into compact form. Other objects are to provide simple and eective means for automatically maintaining the crib in the expanded or set up condition.

My invention aims also to accomplish these objects in a practical and relatively inexpensive construction.

Briefly, the invention comprises a special crib frame embodying sides Joined together by end sections which are foldable in between the sides and a mattress resting on sills in the frame and serving to hold the frame members in the set-up relation. The frame is preferably mounted on wheels, rendering it easily transportable and these wheels may be arranged to turn readily so as to aid manipulation of the crib.

Another feature is the provision of means for supporting the mattress at higher elevations, as for smaller children.

Other features and details of construction will appear as the specification proceeds, attention being directed to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein I have illustrated the invention embodied in a practical and desirable form.

In these drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of this embodiment of the crib with the screening on the near side broken away to disclose the interior; Fig. 2 is a broken detail view, showing the top braced in open or upraised position; Fig. 3 is a similar view of the mattress frame and elevating means therefor; Fig. l is a horizontal sectional view taken on a plane above the mattress frame; Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the plane of the line 5-5 of Fig. 4, and showing the mattress frame in elevated position.

The frame of the crib is made up of sides 7, connected by ends S, said ends consisting of sections 9, hinged together at 10 and to the sides at 11. These several members are preferably in the nature of frames which may be covered with a suitable netting' or screening, such as indicated at 12.

The hinges are so arranged that the end sections will fold inwardly between the sides, as indicated in the dotted lines in Fig. Il, the hinges 10 between the sections, being for this purpose located on the outside and the hinges 11 at the corners being located on the inside. v

13 designates the mattress frame, supported in the illustration on sills 14, carried by the sides, said sills being located on a plane below the lower ends of the end sections, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 5, sov as to permit said sections to swing clear of the same in the folding movement of the parts. This frame, when in place, acts as a spreader holding the sides properly spaced apart and is furthermore provided in the illustration with outstanding lugs 15 at the ends thereof engaging the abutting portions of the hinged end sections to hold the same out` ward in straightened relation. The mattress thus serves as a means for automatically maintaining the crib frame distended in the position of use.

The mattress frame supports a suitable cushion or mattress proper 16, for the bedding. The height of the mattress is made regulatable, as for different sizes of children, by providing auxiliary props or feet 17, pivoted in the present embodiment at 18, to the mattress frame and folding when not in use, up under the frame as shown in Fig. 4. These feet may be connected in pairs, as by an arch 19, the whole being conveniently formed simply of a rod bent to the proper shape.

Supporting wheels 20 are usually and preferably provided, the forward set of wheels being shown mounted in brackets 21, pivoted at 22 to the side frames and the rear set of wheels being shown journaled between straps 23 secured to the lower bars of the side frames and dependent portions 24 of the ends of the frames. The forward ends of the side frames may also have dependent portions 25 located in front of the wheels, these dependent portions of the side frame serving as guards for the wheels.

A top 29 may be provided7 the saine being shown hinged to one of the side frames at 30, and adapted to vbe supported in an open position by pivoted end braces 3l, hooked to engage over studs 32 on the ends. This cover may be thrown all the Way back as indicated in Fig. 5.

A closure for the bottom of the crib is also preferably provided as indicated at 33 in Fig. 5, Which may simply be a strip of canvas or other flexible material secured to the side sills 14. This excludes moisture, dust, etc., from the bottom of the mattress.

It Will be apparent from the foregoing that-the crib is sanitary in every Way and possesses much-desired advantages as to portability and oldability.

I claim:

In combination, a crib frame, supporting sills carried by said frame, a mattress rest ing on said sills, and pivoted supports adapted to be moved into position with their free ends resting on the side sills to support said mattress above the sills.

In testimon I whereof I aliiX 1n f signature C. A. GANNON, EMALYN E. RISLEY. 

